C 2011 L4 Panstarrs from Bray Co Wicklow. Ireland

C 2011 L4 Panstarrs from Bray Co Wicklow. March 30th 20:49 UT.25 X 100 Binoculars , pastels on black paper. Alt 10 degrees. Distance 1.27 AU from Bray and my eye. Thrilled to see it , the sketch is a bit rough. Just a fleeting glimpse of the fan shaped tail, not long enough to include. The star in the middle just beside the comet was Pi 29 Andromeda. Nucleus bright and I guess about Mag 3.3 as it was brighter than Pi And at 4.3 . Thank goodness for Mirach guiding the way, lots of low creamy cloud in the NW. I was both lucky and thrilled to see it , did a little dance lurking in the shadows :-) Shared it with some people walking by.

This may be my one and only view of Panstarrs as the weather here has been awful this winter. First view , and first light for my big binos

Wow, 25 X 100 binos, that's something. You must have a very narrow FOV as mine it is in my 20 X 80. Nice to see you have seen the comet. Same for me, I only saw it once. Nice sketch in an unusual representation.

Eric I love these binoculars and I bought a monster tripod to hold them for me. :-) Manfrotto tripod 545GB with a Manfrotto head 504HD . The head is for a film camera and has a slide on mechanism. This set up makes it easy for me to attach the binoculars and I am very confident using them even when they are above my head. I had them on an old tripod before this and was very nervous with them as they are so heavy. The moon looks like an etching in them and I look forward to sketching it weather permitting.